“为什么妈妈没跟我说起他来呢？” 这孩子固执地问。

"Why didn't mamma speak to me about him?" persevered the child.

youdao

当我终于明白之时，我问：“为什么妈妈会得到一个特别的节日？”

When I finally figured it out, I asked, "Why does mom get a special holiday?"

youdao

为什么妈妈不跟他住在一起，像别人家一样？

Why didn't mamma and he live together, as other people do? '?

youdao

And what's interesting about it, and what indicates its importance to Buddy, is that Bessie gets on about him getting a phone ; where he's teaching in upstate New York; he's teaching writing as a visiting writer at a college in upstate New York. And Bessie, his mother, keeps saying, "Well, why won't you get a phone, Buddy?

有意思的是，这对巴蒂很重要，因为，贝西给他打了一个电话,在他在纽约北部教书的地方;,他教写作，作为访问学者在,纽约北部的一所大学里，贝西，他的妈妈，说，好了，为什么你不接电话？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选